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jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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Use it as a digital photo frame, a smart home control center, or just a music jam session.
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Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
Martin is thankful for Miami winters and Miami Heat basketball, for shows at the Bandshell and car jam sessions to Afrobeta and Magic City Hippies.
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Users will be able to synchronize their audio across their different speakers to amplify their favorite tunes for the ultimate jam session at home.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
Here is a piece of life force from a jam session at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, in May 1941.
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Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Jam session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jam%20session. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
jam session
noun
: an informal performance by a group of musicians (as jazz musicians) who often invite visitors to join in
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